NOUN
- the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head
How To Use external carotid In A Sentence
- If the external carotid artery territory is affected, sacrifice of the traumatized arterial segment is best performed with glue in our experience.
- Methods The external carotid artery of rat was ligated to observe the effect of PAMD on cerebral blood flow(CBF), cerebral vascular resistance(CVR), blood pressure(BP) and heart rate(HR).
- A curious variation is an external carotid composed of two separate trunks that unite behind the condylar process of the mandible forming an anulus, from which the various branches arise.
- The external carotid artery is covered by the skin, superficial fascia, Platysma, deep fascia, and anterior margin of the Sternocleidomastoideus; it is crossed by the hypoglossal nerve, by the lingual, ranine, common facial, and superior thyroid veins; and by the Digastricus and Stylohyoideus; higher up it passes deeply into the substance of the parotid gland, where it lies deep to the facial nerve and the junction of the temporal and internal maxillary veins. VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery
- Results External carotid artery of dog simulates human intracranial internal carotid artery in the as.
- The rich vascular supply of the nose originates from the ethmoid branches of the internal carotid arteries and the facial and internal maxillary divisions of the external carotid arteries.
- External carotid fistula generally consists of several minimal branch fistula, which is occluded with solid granula or IBCA, will have a good result.
- The transverse facial artery may arise directly from the external carotid artery.
- The chief artery, the _lingual_, a branch of the external carotid, passes forward beneath the hyoglossus muscle, and is continued to the apex as the ranine, lying nearer the under than the upper aspect of the tongue. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- The arteries of the auricula are the posterior auricular from the external carotid, the anterior auricular from the superficial temporal, and a branch from the occipital artery. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 1. The External Ear